Macroeconomics would not be what it is today without Edmund Phelps. This book assembles the field's leading figures to highlight the continuing influence of his ideas from the past four decades. Addressing the most important current debates in macroeconomic theory, it focuses on the rates at...

This paper develops a simple model of macroeconomic behavior which incorporates the impact of financial market "imperfections," such as those generated by asymmetric information in financial markets. These information asymmetries may lead to breakdowns in markets, like that for equity, in which...

This paper develops a simple model of macroeconomic behavior which incorporates the impact of financial market quot;imperfections,quot; such as those generated by asymmetric information in financial markets. These information asymmetries may lead to breakdowns in markets, like that for equity,...